Death Spiral [Infinite Flow]

The next day.

A City Welfare Institute.

Everything looked the same as when Xu Rendong left: young children were playing in the yard, and volunteers led the older children to weed the lawn.Creepers crawled all over the small bungalow, and the silver-haired dean stood at the entrance of the corridor, smiling and waving at him.

"Lonicera, come here, I have prepared some biscuits that you like to eat."

Xu Rendong came to her and looked at this kind woman with silver hair.His usual indifferent and distant expression became gentler, and his voice became softer: "Teacher Xu."

Dean Xu took him upstairs.Xu Rendong slowly looked around at the surrounding scene, all of this was so familiar, it seemed that it hadn't changed since he left.The whole building looks old, but the furniture is spotless, and there are children's graffiti on the walls, which makes this orphanage exude a warm atmosphere.He remembered the past when he was a child, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but slightly raised.

In the dean's room, there were still so many books on the bookshelves.As the sun shines in, the spider plants on the window sill hang down long green lines, and the air is filled with a faint fragrance.The dean invited him to sit down at the reception table and poured him tea.Seeing a plate of bear-shaped biscuits on the table, Xu Rendong smiled and said, "I haven't eaten this for a long time. The biscuits bought outside don't taste right."

Dean Xu laughed, and even the wrinkles at the corners of his eyes were filled with gentle smiles: "Then try it quickly, this biscuit still tastes like when you were a child."

Xu Rendong looked at the biscuits on the plate, but didn't reach out to take them.He sighed: "Mr. Xu, I don't want to disappoint you. But, I really don't want to visit her."

There was a hint of helplessness in Dean Xu's smile: "I understand, it's natural. After all, you grew up in an orphanage and suddenly found out the whereabouts of your biological mother. You must not accept it for a while. But now her Her condition is getting worse and worse, her only wish..."

Xu Rendong interrupted her: "Why should I fulfill her wish?"

Dean Xu showed surprise on his face, Xu Rendong realized that he was a little emotional, and quickly restrained himself.He looked at Dean Xu and said calmly: "What kind of mother would be so cruel and leave a newborn baby in the ice and snow? If you hadn't discovered it early, I would have frozen to death at the gate of the orphanage. Now she has it." You are dying of terminal illness, and you finally remembered that you have done such a wrong thing, did you want to repent until now?"

Even though he tried his best to suppress it, the emotions in his heart were still surging.Xu Rendong narrowed his eyes, and his voice became colder and colder: "But why should I forgive her? What does her dying wish have to do with me?"

Dean Xu had already expected this result, she sighed heavily, with a rather unbearable expression, as if she was still hesitating whether to say it or not.

Xu Rendong said: "Teacher, you don't need to persuade me. I won't go to see her. She is not my mother."

Dean Xu looked out the window and sighed again.After a long time, she quietly asked: "For so many years, no one has adopted you. Do you know why?"

Xu Rendong's heart sank: "What do you mean by that?"

Dean Xu stared at the spider plant on the window sill with a distant expression: "The conditions in the orphanage were not good back then, and your favorite bear biscuits could only be eaten every year on your birthday. The bear biscuits are only for you, I'm afraid The other children were greedy, so they had to wait for everyone to fall asleep, and then secretly wake you up to eat. The way you gobbled it up by the candlelight is so cute, and it makes people feel so distressed..."

The dean's words brought back Xu Rendong's memories.Bear biscuits were one of the few comforts in his childhood, and he could only eat them on his birthday every year. He still remembers the feeling of holding the biscuits in his mouth, making his mouth water, but reluctant to swallow them.But why did the dean say this at this time?

Xu Rendong suddenly didn't want to listen anymore, he got up decisively, and said goodbye: "My thoughts will not change. Teacher, I have something to do, I have to go back first."

With the mood of fleeing, he walked quickly to the door.But he heard a heavy sigh behind him.

"Lonicera, do you know that when your mother gave birth to you, she was only 13 years old."

13 is old.

These three words were like a heavy hammer, hitting Xu Rendong's heart hard.He froze, turned around slowly, and looked at the dean in disbelief.

With pity in his eyes, the dean walked up to him and raised his hand to stroke his hair: "I know, it's cruel for you to tell you this. But if you still hate her until the end, then it's also cruel to her." It's just too cruel."

……

When Xu Rendong came back from the orphanage, he saw the doors of his house and Lian Qiao's house were open, and Lian Qiao was moving a big box from one side to the other.

"I'll help you." Xu Rendong went over to help, and together with Lian Qiao moved the box into his home.

"It's almost all these things. Put the rest over there first, anyway, it's close, and you can go back and get it at any time." Lian Qiao put down the box, rubbing his hands excitedly, "Then... which room do I live in? "

He kept looking towards Xu Rendong's bedroom, but Xu Rendong stretched out his hand and pushed open the other door beside him, saying, "The side sleeper over here."

Lian Qiao took a peek inside, and found that the side sleeping room was fully furnished and cleaned, and he could move in with his bags at any time. There was really nothing to be picky about, and there was no excuse for him to go to the master bedroom to sleep with Xu Rendong for a while. bed.

He retracted his head and let out an "oh" in disappointment.

Xu Rendong said: "Don't be restrained, just treat this place as your own home. I'm a little tired, I want to sleep for a while."

Lian Qiao saw that his face was not looking well, and asked, "Are you feeling unwell?"

"No." Xu Rendong was in a bad mood, but he didn't want to vent his negative energy on Lian Qiao, and he didn't want him to worry about suspicion, so he said frankly, "Some things happened today, and I'm not in a good mood. I want to be alone. quiet."

"Okay." Lian Qiao nodded, then raised a gentle smile, "Go to sleep, I'll call you when the meal is ready."

Xu Rendong's heart warmed, he smiled at him, and went back to the house.

When Lian Qiao came to call him, it was already dark.There are several dishes on the table, all home-cooked.Xu Rendong felt very uncomfortable looking at it. After all, he never cooks himself, and there is no other food on his table except takeaway and fruit.At this time, three dishes and one soup were steaming on the table, with two bowls of white rice on both sides, full of the taste of home.This scene was so sweet that he almost didn't recognize it.

After eating, the two cleared up the bowl.It was more than an hour before Lian Qiao started the live broadcast, and the two decided to go downstairs for a stroll.

At this time, it was evening, and the sunset glow in the sky was golden and red, which was really beautiful.There are old people and children walking in the community, which is peaceful.Xu Rendong and Lian Qiao walked side by side on the road. Both of them were tall and handsome, which attracted passers-by to turn their heads.

It was the first time for Lian Qiao to walk side by side with him like this. There was no threat of life and death, no ghosts pressing on, and some were just stable in this world, and the years were quiet and good.He was in a great mood, and frequently looked sideways at the people around him, admiring his side face openly, looking at his clean facial contours, looking at his white earlobes and neck, looking at his long eyelashes that could swing, looking at He pursed his thin lips slightly.

Thinking of this man and his heart-to-heart, Lian Qiao was so happy that he almost flew up.

He can't wait to announce to everyone that this man belongs to me, but there are a lot of people here after all, so he has to restrain himself a little.So he pretended to be natural and stretched out his hand to hook Xu Rendong's shoulder, pretending to be a socialist brotherhood.

The moment he touched Xu Rendong's shoulder, Xu Rendong suddenly said, "Lian Qiao."

Lian Qiao was startled, and withdrew her hand guiltily: "...what's wrong?"

Xu Rendong raised his light brown eyes to look at the sky, with an indescribable gloomy look in his eyes: "I've been thinking about one thing for the past two days. I'm hesitant and can't make a decision. Can you listen to me? ?”

Lian Qiao thought to himself that you are finally willing to speak, so he frowned and laughed: "Say."

Xu Rendong: "There is a person who hurt me once. She is dying now, and she wants to see me again before she dies. Should I go?"

Lian Qiao was taken aback for a moment, and [-] words of shit flashed through his mind in an instant.

What kind of proposition is this that hits the soul directly!The relationship was only confirmed yesterday, so is there an ex coming out to make trouble today!

He stabilized his mind and asked, "Male or female?"

Xu Rendong: "Female."

Lian Qiao: "..." Damn it, it's better not to ask.I felt even more aggrieved.

Lian Qiao was silent for a moment, and asked: "What about you, what are you thinking?" After a pause, he added, "Don't consider my words."

Xu Rendong glanced at him with a strange look, as if wondering why he added the phrase "don't consider me".After serious consideration, Xu Rendong said, "I don't know."

The afterglow of the setting sun sprinkled on the street, coating the figures of pedestrians with a layer of warm golden yellow.Xu Rendong looked at the passers-by coming and going, his eyes were full of confusion.

Lian Qiao looked at his appearance and thought to himself: Fuck your ex, hell!This is clearly an old relationship!

Aggrieved is aggrieved, Lian Qiao is still very reasonable: "Go. But I will go with you."

Xu Rendong glanced at him in surprise, with a subtle expression on his face: "...It's too early for you to see her now..."

Seeing his strange expression, Lian Qiao felt displeased, curled her lips and said, "It's too early, isn't he going to die soon?"

"..." Xu Rendong tasted this delicate situation alone, and suddenly smiled, "That's true. She really doesn't have much time."

When he walked into the hospital the next day, Lian Qiao was still wondering if his ex was pretending to be pitiful and sympathetic. After all, their family's honeysuckle was so cute, whoever broke up with him would beg him to come back.Until Xu Liandong pressed the elevator on a certain floor, Lian Qiao glanced at the guidance map of the next floor: Oncology Department.

Fuck, cancer?That person may not be Bai Lianhua pretending to be pitiful, but he is really going to die.

Lian Qiao suddenly felt very embarrassed, and even wanted to go downstairs to buy a fruit basket.

The ex lived in the emergency room of the ward, separated from the doctor's office by only a layer of transparent glass, which was convenient for the doctor to observe the condition and carry out rescue at any time.Xu Rendong entered the ward, but Lian Qiao waved his hand, indicating that he was waiting for him outside.

There were five beds in the emergency room, Xu Liandong went straight to the middle bed and sat down with his back to the window glass.Through the transparent glass, Lian Qiao saw a thin woman lying on that bed.That kind of thinness is no longer the thinness that ordinary people perceive, but a kind of pathological thinness, which is pitiful and a little scary.

But even with her illness, she could still see that she had been a beauty.There is a kind of elegant and elegant temperament in her facial features, which can be distinguished at a glance compared with the ordinary people around her.This is somewhat similar to Xu Rendong.

Lian Qiao leaned on the windowpane, thinking rather jealously: Hmph!And our boss is quite a husband and wife.

Having said that, if she is not good looking, it is impossible for our boss to have a crush on her, let alone have a past with her.After all, the boss's incumbent is me, and I'm so good, it's impossible for his predecessor to be so bad!

Lian Qiao calmed down a little and decided not to peek any more.With his back to the transparent glass, he started playing with his mobile phone, and suddenly noticed that the two nurses in the nurse's station were also sneaking glances at the woman.

"Finally someone came to see her." Nurse A said.

"You mean Zhong Xiu? Alas, she is really pitiful. She got this disease in her early forties. From the time she was diagnosed to now, every time she received chemotherapy and radiation, she was hospitalized alone. A few days ago, when she was seriously ill, she didn't Family members come to sign, alas." Nurse B said.

"Then is this her family member today? She looks so handsome, like a star."

"I hope so. It's too miserable without family members to accompany me. I have to carry all the discomforts by myself. I have to hold a trash can by myself when I vomit after chemotherapy. I am embarrassed to ring the bell to call us when I wake up in the middle of the night. Sigh. , is a good person, why is it so miserable."

"Where's her husband and children?"

"Isn't it written in the medical records, unmarried?"

"Ah? She is so beautiful and young, how could..."

"I don't know about that. Don't ask too much, it must be another tragedy anyway."

"Oh, what a crime..."

Even Joe couldn't take it anymore.This woman is quite miserable, and he can't bear to be a rival in love.

He inadvertently glanced into the glass, but under this look, his eyes almost popped out.

I saw Xu Rendong sitting in front of the woman's bed with his head bowed deeply.And that woman was actually touching Lonicera's face!

Lian Qiao suddenly became angry.You will be miserable!You can't be proud of your misery!

He rolled up his sleeves and wanted to go in and reason with the woman, but suddenly he heard an alarm behind him.At the same time, the woman's hand slid limply from Honeysuckle's face and fell heavily on the edge of the bed.

Xu Rendong stared blankly at her hand, as if he hadn't realized what happened, but the patients around him called out first.

Even Qiao turned pale with fright, and hurried back to call the nurse.The nurse reacted faster than him, and had already stood up and called for help.In a few seconds, several doctors ran out of the office, and the nurses put on masks and gloves and rushed to the emergency room.

Lian Qiao followed him in, only to see the medical staff push Xu Rendong away and draw the bed curtain to start the rescue.Xu Rendong stood outside the blue bed curtain, staring blankly at the direction of the bed.He just stood there without saying a word, his fists clenched tightly, like a person walking alone in the dark, suddenly he was hit by someone with a sap, pain and anger, but he had nowhere to vent.

He looks so helpless.

Lian Qiao felt distressed and walked up to him, wanting to hug him.Suddenly caught a glimpse of his eyes, but was taken aback.

His eyes were full of pain and unwillingness.The emotion was so strong that the circles around his eyes were red.

Lian Qiao had never seen such an expression on his face.The look of extreme pain and hatred made Lian Qiao feel as if a needle had been pricked in his heart.So his outstretched hand just stopped in mid-air.

The emergency room was in a mess, the doctor gave orders and the nurses were busy carrying them out.Lian Qiao was in a daze, and a sharp siren attracted everyone's attention.

The source of the alarm this time was the heart rate monitor.Through the gap in the curtain, Lian Qiao saw a straight line formed on the monitor.

Xu Rendong opened his mouth, as if he wanted to say something.He took a step forward, but he still didn't rush into the bed curtain after all.Lian Qiao felt a stab in his heart, he turned his face away in pain, and suddenly felt the air around him was suffocated.

All the noise disappeared in an instant, and everyone stopped moving.Even the drips in the vial stopped flowing.

Lian Qiao turned around in shock, and a silver-white metal elevator suddenly appeared in front of him!

He looked back at Xu Rendong, Xu Rendong also noticed the strangeness around him, and was staring at the elevator with a complicated expression.Soon, the curtain behind the bed was pulled open.The two turned their heads at the same time, and saw a frail and thin woman walking down from the bed.

Zhong Xiu.

When she was dying, the elevator that belonged to her opened.

Zhong Xiu looked at the two people in front of her, and said in surprise, "Why... don't you..." Her eyes widened.

Xu Rendong took a deep breath and accepted this fact.He nodded to Zhong Xiu and said, "Yes. We have also gone in."

Zhong Xiu asked, "How many times?"

Xu Rendong: "Many times."

The eyes of the two met, a trace of pity flashed in Zhong Xiu's eyes, while Xu Rendong turned his face away.Zhong Xiu looked at Xu Rendong, then at Lian Qiao, and sighed, "I'm sorry for bringing you into this."

Lian Qiao was in a complicated mood and didn't know what to say.Xu Rendong has already walked into the elevator: "Let's go."

After the three entered the elevator, there was a low running sound in the car.Zhong Xiu always looked at Xu Rendong with complicated and affectionate eyes, Xu Rendong occasionally met her eyes, and quickly looked away.

The more Lian Qiao looked at it, the more green the top of his head became.He was so jealous that he couldn't hold it anymore, he stepped forward and stretched out his hand and said, "Hi, I didn't have time to say hello just now. My name is Lian Qiao, and I'm his incumbent."

Zhong Xiu was taken aback.Shocked, Xu Rendong suddenly raised his eyes, and hastily corrected him: "The current roommate!" As he said that, he quietly moved to the side, as if he wanted to draw a line with Lian Qiao.

Lian Qiao was shocked and heartbroken: "That's not what you said yesterday! You are a ruthless man!"

Zhong Xiu: "Why are you ruthless?"

Xu Rendong said angrily: "Don't listen to his nonsense!"

Xu Liandong is caught between his biological mother and his lover, he neither wants to admit that this woman who looks only in her thirties is his mother, but also does not want to come out in front of the biological mother whom he met for the first time, it is extremely embarrassing.

Seeing Xu Rendong's dilemma, Lian Qiao felt even more sour.He was so jealous that he didn't even care about being polite, and provoked Zhong Xiu with hostility: "What about you? What's your relationship with him? He hasn't mentioned you to me before."

Zhong Xiu: "I am him..."

Xu Rendong's heart almost reached his throat.Zhong Xiu took a deep look at him, lowered his head and smiled and said, "I am him, the former teacher."

Xu Rendong finally breathed a sigh of relief, but he didn't notice that the muscles at the corners of Lian Qiao's mouth twitched slightly when he heard the word "teacher".

At the same time, the clearance prompt for this time appeared in the elevator:

"Three people become a tiger."

Xu Rendong quickly changed the subject: "Okay, the most important thing now is to clear the customs, and I'll talk about the rest later."

Lian Qiao glanced at the clearance reminder, looked at Zhong Xiu, then at Xu Rendong, and said coolly: "This reminder is not very auspicious."

The author has something to say:

Lian Qiao: Next, I will perform a [Eating Fucking Jealousy] for everyone.